Dhaka, July 21 -- Law-enforcing agencies have stepped up security in Khagrachhari ahead of the National Citizen Party's "July March" programme.

The march is scheduled to begin at 12:00 pm on Monday from Chengi Square in Khagrachhari town, followed by a rally at the town's Mukto Moncho.

Khagrachhari Superintendent of Police Arefin Jewel said police are on high alert. A total of 620 police personnel have been deployed. Armed Police Battalion and the Army are also on standby, as per a bdnews24.com report.

Various parts of the town are bedecked with banners and festoons welcoming NCP leaders ahead of the event, with law enforcers stationed at key intersections.

Monjila Akhter Jhuma, NCP's organiser for the southern region and a member of ...